I have been posting here less than I’d like to be, and there are a number of reasons why. Some (most?) involve personal turmoil, family crises, and other time-and-attention-demanding stuff. (Much of which will probably come to light via future episodes of my podcast Estranged.) But there’s also a practical reason why I haven’t been […]

(This is continuing my “Countdown to 40” series of posts, which I introduced a couple days ago.) When I was 12… …I took the SATs for the first time. Why was I taking the SATs in grade 7, you ask? There’s a program called CTY (Center for Talented Youth), run by Johns Hopkins University. It’s […]

I’ve been doing a series of tweets for the past couple days, counting down (or up, technically) to my 40th birthday on August 20th. I’ve been using the hashtag #Countdownto40 and posting some tidbits about my life in the years leading up to now. I started with age 9 a couple days ago, and then […]

My oldest dog Cali has been grappling with balance issues/vertigo, and can’t really go inside as a result. So he spends the whole night out in the yard–which he doesn’t really mind, since he prefers the outside anyway. He misses my company though, and vice versa. But I work every night, usually right until I […]

Here’s another chop at the short bio tree: Lance Brown is a freelancer who specializes in WordPress web site development. He writes a bi-weekly column called The Not-So-Simple Life, and occasionally emits new editions of his web comic strip The Little Things. In his private life, Lance specializes in building mountains of expectations for himself, […]

I’m currently working hard at my re-emergence into the world in many ways. I’ve had a very shaken year so far, but things are finally settling down, and now that I’m in the greater LA area, I’m just about ready to start busting out with a major new phase of my public life. Stand-up comedy […]

It’s been slow going getting set up at my new place. One side effect of that is that I still don’t have a real refrigerator. Thus it has been tough to keep up with my burgeoning giant salad addiction. I took a pass at making a salad a while back, but due to limited supplies […]

Earlier today, in an instant messenger conversation, a woman I had just met at a dating site asked me: “What’s your story?” I thought about it for a minute and replied: “Boy meets world. Boy fights world. Man loves world. Man changes world.” I loved it as soon as I wrote it. But, ever the […]

I have been ridiculously delinquent about posting, and I am officially marking that trend for demolition right now. Things have been pretty turbulent for the past couple months. A tree bashed my house in, then I moved, and now I’m probably about to move again. That’s no excuse, but that’s my excuse nonetheless. More tomorrow. […]

I’ve been digging around in my archive of voice recordings, which is one reason why I haven’t been posting quite as much as I should here. (A power outage and a major toothache are the other reasons.) Even though it always feels odd and indulgent, I have to force myself to work my way through […]

Call me a cheapo whiner, but I find paid dating sites to be a pain. In a lot of cases, it’s not entirely clear who can message who in such a situation–i.e., it’s possible that you as a paid member are able to message someone, but they as a non-paid member can’t write you back. […]